NEURONTIN Reviews (GABAPENTIN)Average Rating: 2.9 (919 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NEURONTIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | ms | 20 lb weight gain, fogginess, very tired. swelling hands and feet. dry mouth. No sex drive. | neurontin did help with leg spasms. was told weight gain not do to neurontin, don't believe the doc. extreme swelling of hands/feet at night. Some symtoms I am told are from the MS even though I did not have them before. ie...vision problems, stiffness of joints. | F | 42 | 3 months 600 mg 3X day | 5/15/2010 | 3 | cyst on spine pressing on a nerve | The only side effect that Neurotin seems to have is that I stay so hungry all the time. This is the third time that I have taken this medication, and each time I really put the pounds on. After my 2nd back surgery I was put on 4800mg like I am on now, and my feet swelled so big they looked like they could burst at any moment. This time I am taken lasixs hopefully I will avoid the huge feet this time. | I have been in so much pain that I can't live a normal life, and at the dosage that I am taking now it really does help with the pain. | F | 63 | 3 months 600mg 8X day | 3/5/2012 | 2 | Nerve damage after surgery | Weight gain, development of spots, big appetite, no sleep, constantly tired, loss of concentration, mood swings, crying, suicidal thoughts, violence | It's been horrible and I came off it after I realised that the side effects just weren't worth the little pain relief I was getting. My pain sporadically got worse on occasion and in general, it didn't give me the relief I am in need of. | F | 18 | 3 months 900mg 4X day | 9/12/2011 | 2 | seizures | Can not do more than one task at a time. I forget EVERYTHING!!! Sometimes I think things are moving that my husband says aren't. I have had loose stool since I started the medicine. I can not ever seem to catch my breath and I am a bit more easily irritated. It has not controlled my seizures. Weight loss is IMPOSSIBLE!!! | F | 37 | 3 months 100mg 2X day | 4/5/2011 | 2 | neck,lower back pain | Hair loss, night sweats, nightmares | I began losing my thick head of hair and couldn't figure out why. The only thing I could think of was my change in medication so I decided to do a little research on this drug. It was reassuring to read that others have had this same problem. I quit taking the drug a few days ago so will see what happens. I meet with my doctor today and will discuss the issue with her. | F | 59 | 3 months 300 mg 1X day | 12/22/2010 | 2 | Neuropathic Pain | Anxiety, restlessness, muscle aches, felt high and spaced out. | In my case, I found the side effects of this drug to be dose dependant. At 900mg a day I had no real side effects but only had a partial resolution of pain. Moving up to 1800mg a day totally got rid of the pain, but made me high as a kite and gave me bad anxiety and jitters. I am currently trying to wean back down to 900mg and hopefully the side effects go away. I am not convinced this drug is as benign as the docs make it out to be. | M | 27 | 3 months 300mg 3X day | 4/18/2011 | 2 | fibromyalgia and lousy insurance | none that I've really noticed other than I do now tend to fall asleep in front of the tv at night and didn't used to before starting to take it. | Hasn't done a thing to help my issues of fibromyalgia and osteo arthritis pian. Lyrica did help but insurance would no longer cover it (very expensive) so went to this waste of money. | F | 58 | 3 months 100 mg 2X day | 2/27/2011 | 2 | Chronic Pancreatitis | Blurred vision, "brain fog", severe nausea, headache, edema of hands and lower legs, insomnia | While Neurontin reduced my abdomninal pain somewhat, I found the side effects intolerable. In addition to taking both long-acting Morphine (Kadian) 60mg, BID and fast-acting Morphine (MSIR) 30mg 4/day, PRN for pain, my pain specialist prescribed Neurontin 300mg TID initially. I was to add one additional 300mg cap each week, til I reached 900mg TID. When I stopped taking it, I was up to 900mg. at bedtime and 400mg BID. During the 3 months I was on Neurontin, I became almost totally bedridden. The nausea was severe and constant. I usually take Zofran 4mgs PRN for nausea, but I found it didn't touch the nausea I had while I was on Neurontin. As you'd expect, I had no appetite at all and lost 15lbs in 2 months. Although I see that some people take Neurontin for migraines, I found it gave me severe headaches. Within 30-45 minutes of taking it, I felt like I'd been stabbed in the forehead with an icepick and if I tried to ignore the pain, it only increased. The blurred vision and br | F | 43 | 3 months | 8/9/2006 | 2 | back aches | dizziness | F | 38 | 3 months 800mg 4X day | 3/23/2013 | 2 | lower back pain | Ravenously hungry with seemingly no ability to judge when I was full. Foggy brained, memory and word recall debilitated, forgetful. | Amazing, I mean truly amazing for my back pain. Completely took pain away like magic, but because of the other side effects, I asked to be taken off this medicine | F | 41 | 3 months | 1/19/2008 | 2 | Post back surgery, sciatica pain | Terrible pain in the joints of all my fingers, terrible pain in my knees, and also in all of my toes. I had edema, which was very bad in my legs, ankles and feet. I also had insomnia at times, and profuse sweating, especially at night while sleeping. Other times, I felt as if i couldn't get enough sleep. I also seemed to feel depressed, to the point that all I wanted to do was sleep, and at times, I had a very anxious feeling in the pit of my stomach for no apparent reason. | Taking Neurontin did not do anything for me, except give me heartache! I have had these terrible symptoms, and I have been tested for everything uner the sun, and all the tests have come back as nothing being wrong. I was going out of my mind, and i kept telling my husband and my family that I know my body, and I just know that something is not right. I went to a few different doctors, and none of them could figure out, and had no clue to what is wrong, and treated me for things they | F | 35 | 3 months | 7/22/2004 | 2 | migraines | weight gain and hair loss. | Taking 1800mg a day, gaining weight and losing hair everyday! I'm asking to go off and back to Topamax. I am concerned that my hair may not go back to "normal" for me. I still have a headache everyday too. | F | 45 | 3 months | 10/18/2009 | 2 | back,neck,shoulders.ect. | All the ones that everybody else are getting.and some times none.drinking alcohol with this medicine does not feel good.it will give you the spins badly with mutch less alcohol.unless that's your thing and then have at it.if you add marijuana to that you can get ultra like triped out but you'll be puke/spinning trying to breathe air that you can't seem to get.but hey you'll try it. You tried it didn't you. You'll learn the hard way. Eh em. | If you're taking this drug than like me your doctor dosnt like you.they have meds that work but you can't have em. Is kinda what it seems like.nobody cares about us really. Probably making fun of us behind our backs.they save all the good stuff for them selves and screw the people that need it. But really I'm trying to stop taking all meds and I suggest you do the same.why go through the hassle for garbage that doesn't even make you feel better. | M | 40 | 3 months 900mg | 3/22/2016 | 2 | neuropathic pain after a car accide | Uncontrolled Weight gain!!! And decreased appetite! | Anyone have similar effects? If so, did stopping the medicine help lose the unwanted weight? | F | 42 | 3 months 600 my | 12/16/2015 | 1 | Hip pain | Slowly developed brain fog. Used wrong words. Sleepy during day and restless and poor sleep at night. Diminished appetite. Blank memory at times. | All of these symptoms developed slowly over time. I had none of them before I started taking it. I looked on the internet last week to see if anyone else was having similar issues and couldn't believe the results. I would never have started taking it had I known what would happen. BTW the medication did nothing for the pain. Do not start this medicine. | M | 73 | 3 months 300 3X day | 5/12/2016 | 1 | restless leg/shoulder pain | Dizziness, eye twinge, nausea, chest pains, flu like systems, blurred vision, severe mood swings, and deep depression. | Why would a doctor perscribe this for symptoms that are also side effects of this drug? | F | 54 | 3 months 300mg | 6/15/2015 | 1 | Nerve damage, back & hip pain & tingling | Wish I would have read this board before I began taking gabapentin (300mg 2X/day). Have experienced most every side effect mentioned. Hair loss begun a few weeks ago and it is frightening. It did help the tingling which had prevented walking. Just not worth it. If you've been able to get off this drug please tell me what I can expect to go through. Also if you had hair loss, did it ever grow back? I hate this stuff. If you are considering taking it -- DON'T. | F | 64 | 3 months | 7/19/2009 | 1 | Neuropathic pain | my legs ached and burned, my feet ached and burned, could hardly walk on them.....my arms and hands the same way. Saw three neurologists, have had three MRI's.....all started when I had an epidural steroid injection near my thoracic spine for post-surgical cardiac pain. Have been SICK with neuropathic pain every since.....my MD's were worried I may have ARACHNOIDITIS...but MRI's have ruled it out. The Neurontin made me feel GREAT...took away all the nerve pain and burning pain.....helped me to sleep....have been on it for three months, 900 mgs a day in three doses. BUT THEN.....I started breaking out in HIVES, ears itched, throat itched, scalp ITCHED SO HARD thought I had LICE......all started a few days ago. I called my neurologist, she said STOP TAKING IT NOW !! YOU ARE HAVING AN ALLERGIC REACTION THAT COULD RESULT IN STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME !!! | I will NEVER take this JUNK again. And now that I am off it, my nerve pain is WORSE than ever....I THINK IT MADE MY PAIN WORSE NOT BETTER, just DISGUISED IT !!!! DO NOT TAKE THIS Rx !!!! | M | 55 | 3 months | 6/8/2008 | 1 | Fibromyalgia and nerve pain | Extreme nausea, constant heart palpitations, severe sweating, migraines. | This medication has caused me to feel probably the worse I've ever felt in my life and thats saying something after recovering from pneumonia, a pulmonary embolism and a DVT. Do not take it. | F | 55 | 3 months 3X day | 3/22/2017 | 1 | nerve pain in neck | drowsiness, dizziness, back pain, nausea, weight gain | M | 34 | 3 months | 11/15/2004 |